Talk:Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Regiment/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Peacemaker67 (talk · contribs) 04:55, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

OK, some comments:

• implement relevant changes from Talk:12th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate)/GA1
  • Added two paragraphs of background information related to Missouri secession, the two governments of Missouri, and the role of Missouri in the ACW
• create a redirect for Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Battalion
  • Done

Lead

• if Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Battalion really is a significant alternative name, use it and bold it in the lead. If not, drop it from the infobox.
  • Added to lead
• surely if it was at regimental size at a couple of stages, 300 is a bit low for Size in the infobox? Suggest just using regiment and link to Regiment#United States Army
  • I'm just gonna remove the parameter entirely. The sources indicate the the strength of the regiment fluctuated widely and was never stable, so any one number/comparison is probably misleading.
• "The unit consisted of men recruited in Missouri by Lieutenant Colonel Alonzo W. Slayback"
  • Done

Body

• link regiment to Regiment#United States Army
  • Done
• "In September, now-Lieutenant Colonel Slayback" and move link to Lieutenant Colonel to here, dropping the later one and deleting Note [b]
  • Done
• "The unit grew in strength over the course of Price's Raid, and reached battalion strength by October 1964 and full regimental strength around February 1865." with link to battalion
  • Done
• remove the company/county breakdown per my other reviews
  • Done
• "On October 2, while stationed at Union, Missouri, Slayback's unit, now known as Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Battalion"
  • Done
• Slayback's Bbattalion, there are other examples
  • Done
• Jennison's Bbrigade
  • Done
• "Shelby then order Slayback and Thompson to charge" wasn't Thompson the commander of the brigade in which Slayback's battalion served? If so, perhaps "Shelby then ordered Thompson's brigade to charge, and the cavalrymen, including Slayback's battalion, were soon engaged in a melee."
• Done
• Thompson's Bbrigade
  • Done
• Price's army. what army was it?
  • Done
• Caleb W. Dorsey
  • Done
• creating a full regiment of ten companies
  • Done
• information about the capture or surrender of the Confederates and the end of the war is missing. Was Price's force part of the Trans-Mississippi Department? If so, then perhaps use June 2, 1865, the date Kirby Smith surrendered.
  • I don't know about the Kirby Smith point. Everything in the Trans-Mississippi was completely disorganized, so different regiment turned themselves in at different points. The 16th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) turned itself in on June 8, Joseph O. Shelby never actually surrendered. I'll put the June 2 date in as a comparison date.
• One source claimed that the regiment was issued lances instead of firearms, although that claim is likely inaccurate.[2] could just be deleted, as it is only one source, and including it seems to give it undue weight.
  • Removed, although I'll need a new DYK hook for this article now (nominated when created)
    •  Not done - Removal was objected to at the DYK nomination page.
      • I don't see what the issue is here. It is without doubt an exceptional claim that a cavalry unit in the ACW was not equipped with firearms. Exceptional claims require exceptional sources per WP:REDFLAG. It just isn't credible, and the only source that mentions it says it is likely apocryphal. So why include it? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:55, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
        • I'm leaning on removing. I'll ping @The C of E:, the user who objected to its removal. I'll go ahead and remove it for now. Hog Farm _Bacon 03:05, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
          • A simple google search revealed armed with "lances tipped with steel and decorated with gay flags" and military authorities issued lances ... but that claim is likely apocryphal. There's more than one source that says it which justifies it's inclusion. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 05:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
            • OK, Sellmeyer may be the source that McGhee is talking about, and from what I can read of a review in The Arkansas Historical Quarterly available via JSTOR it seems ok. The second linked source is McGhee, of course, who is already cited for this info. On balance, it is probably acceptable if Sellmeyer is cited for it as well, as he provides more detail about cavalry weapons issued to the brigade and quotes a contemporary officer (although of course it is Edwards, Selby's adjutant, and he is known as a mythmaker and unreliable narrator). Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:53, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
              • You need to add a full citation of Sellmeyer to the Sources. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:41, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
                • Done, I was actually in the process while you wrote that. Hog Farm _Bacon 03:43, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
• the Active dates in the infobox should reflect the body (end date of date of parole if capture/surrender isn't available), and shouldn't need a citation
  • Done. I'd made an error in the infobox, and I removed the note, since it was the speculation of only one historian

That's it, placing on hold for the above to be addressed. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:10, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

• • @Peacemake67: - I've done the prose points and added the background. Would you mind going over the background section to see if it is too your liking? The C of E objected to the removal of the lance bit, so I've re-added it pending further discussion. Hog Farm _Bacon 22:35, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
    • The Background is excellent, just what was needed. Suggest adding a main template pointing to Missouri in the American Civil War? Just one question. Looking at Price's article, it appears that he was a militia brigadier general at the time he was placed in charge of the MSG, and wasn't commissioned into the CSA as a major general until March 6, 1862? Also suggest "in the face of Union pressure, where he joined forces commanded by Major General Earl Van Dorn. In March, Van Dorn's forces defeated at the Battle of Pea Ridge." and "most of the men of the Missouri State Guard had left the Guard to join Confederate States Army units". That's it. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:18, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
      • These points are all done except for Price's rank. Kennedy refers to Price as a major general of milita by June 11, and he was definitely one by Wilson's Creek. I'll need to look around some more for Price's rank at the time of the start of the Guard, which will probably happen tomorrow. Hog Farm _Bacon 04:39, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
        • According to this source, Price became a major general of Missouri state troops in 1860 and joined the CSA as a major general in March 1862. Perhaps you could add something to the effect that he was a major general (using the generic link) commanding state troops at the start of the war, and "where he joined forces commanded by Major General Earl Van Dorn. In March, Price joined the CSA and was commissioned as a major general", and move the major general (CSA) link to Van Dorn? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:44, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
          • @Peacemaker67: - Done. I'm impressed with how this article has turned out. When I first started working on it, I was unsure if it could even get to B class, given the obscurity of the topic. Hog Farm _Bacon 21:38, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

This article is well-written, verifiable using reliable sources, covers the subject well, is neutral and stable, contains no plagiarism, and is illustrated by acceptably licensed images with appropriate captions. Passing. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:23, 12 July 2020 (UTC)